Senior Python Developer Job Trends

Senior Python Developer
UK

The median Senior Python Developer salary in the UK is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
13 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 578 624 707
Rank change year-on-year +46 +83 +143
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Python Developer 82 71 79
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.16% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 51 44 70
10th Percentile £60,000 - £52,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £52,500 £69,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £67,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.93% -20.59% +6.25%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £113,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £105,000 £138,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +10.71% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 60,794 45,662 70,425
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.17% 91.74% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 38,174 23,853 55,156
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,280
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Senior Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Python Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Python Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Python Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Python Developer job vacancies in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Python Developer over the 6 months to 13 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Python Developer in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Python Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 13 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England +45 76 £80,000 +18.52% 19
London +46 53 £85,000 +37.10% 15
UK excluding London +7 22 £75,000 -3.23% 4
Work from Home +38 18 £80,000 +3.23% 12
Midlands +18 10 £70,000 +7.69%
North of England +6 7 £75,000 - 3
East Midlands -9 6 £70,000 +7.69%
Yorkshire - 6 £75,000 - 2
West Midlands - 4 £75,000 -
Scotland - 3 £90,000 -
South East +16 2 £85,000 +9.68% 1
North West +9 1 £90,000 - 1

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 February 2026, Senior Python Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Python Developer in the job title.

1 82 (100.00%) Python
2 27 (32.93%) AI
2 27 (32.93%) Test Automation
3 25 (30.49%) AWS
3 25 (30.49%) OOP
4 20 (24.39%) Flask
5 19 (23.17%) Azure
5 19 (23.17%) C++
6 18 (21.95%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 18 (21.95%) Linux
6 18 (21.95%) Low Latency
6 18 (21.95%) OO
6 18 (21.95%) Order Management
6 18 (21.95%) React
7 16 (19.51%) Full-Stack Development
8 15 (18.29%) Agile
8 15 (18.29%) CI/CD
8 15 (18.29%) Django
9 13 (15.85%) Mentoring
9 13 (15.85%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (14.63%) Docker
10 12 (14.63%) FastAPI
10 12 (14.63%) GitHub
10 12 (14.63%) SQL
11 11 (13.41%) Serverless
11 11 (13.41%) Software Engineering
12 10 (12.20%) JavaScript
12 10 (12.20%) Microsoft
13 9 (10.98%) Containerisation
13 9 (10.98%) HTML

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.44%) Jupyter
2 1 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 25 (30.49%) AWS
2 19 (23.17%) Azure
3 12 (14.63%) GitHub
4 11 (13.41%) Serverless
5 8 (9.76%) Azure AI
6 5 (6.10%) SaaS
7 4 (4.88%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (2.44%) Amazon S3
8 2 (2.44%) Azure AKS
8 2 (2.44%) GitHub Copilot
9 1 (1.22%) Azure Cognitive Search
9 1 (1.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.44%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.44%) DynamoDB
1 2 (2.44%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (2.44%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 24 (29.27%) Finance
2 19 (23.17%) Front Office
3 6 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.44%) Health Technology
4 2 (2.44%) Publishing
4 2 (2.44%) Tech for Good
5 1 (1.22%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.22%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (24.39%) Flask
2 18 (21.95%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 18 (21.95%) React
3 15 (18.29%) Django
4 12 (14.63%) FastAPI
5 9 (10.98%) HTML
6 7 (8.54%) CSS
7 6 (7.32%) REST
8 4 (4.88%) AngularJS
8 4 (4.88%) OAuth
8 4 (4.88%) OAuth2
8 4 (4.88%) OpenID
9 3 (3.66%) Node.js
10 2 (2.44%) CrewAI
10 2 (2.44%) JSON
10 2 (2.44%) LangChain
10 2 (2.44%) Matplotlib
10 2 (2.44%) pydantic
10 2 (2.44%) RESTful
10 2 (2.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (26.83%) Data Structures
2 18 (21.95%) Algorithms
2 18 (21.95%) Equities
2 18 (21.95%) Hedge funds
2 18 (21.95%) Management Information System
3 12 (14.63%) Cloud Native
4 9 (10.98%) Educational Technology
5 5 (6.10%) PropTech
6 4 (4.88%) PKI
7 2 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (1.22%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (21.95%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (32.93%) AI
1 27 (32.93%) Test Automation
2 25 (30.49%) OOP
3 18 (21.95%) Low Latency
3 18 (21.95%) OO
3 18 (21.95%) Order Management
4 16 (19.51%) Full-Stack Development
5 15 (18.29%) Agile
5 15 (18.29%) CI/CD
6 13 (15.85%) Mentoring
6 13 (15.85%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (13.41%) Software Engineering
8 9 (10.98%) Containerisation
9 7 (8.54%) Clean Code
9 7 (8.54%) Design Patterns
9 7 (8.54%) Intelligent Automation
10 6 (7.32%) Data Analysis
10 6 (7.32%) Visualisation
11 5 (6.10%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (6.10%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 82 (100.00%) Python
2 19 (23.17%) C++
3 12 (14.63%) SQL
4 10 (12.20%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.44%) Bicep
5 2 (2.44%) C#
5 2 (2.44%) Java
5 2 (2.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (1.22%) SC Cleared
1 1 (1.22%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 12 (14.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (8.54%) Terraform
2 5 (6.10%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (12.20%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.44%) Foundry
3 1 (1.22%) Databricks
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